Guam marked its second-best November ever in terms of visitor arrivals last year, with 122,377 visitors, according to the Guam Visitors Bureau.

Visitors from South Korea drove the numbers, with 61,093 travelers – an increase of 25.5 percent, or 12,403, from the previous year. The trend of fewer arrivals from Japan continued, with visitor arrivals falling by 26 percent.

“The work continues with recovery efforts in all of our source markets,” said GVB President and CEO Nathan Denight. “While it looks like we will finish calendar year 2017 with another record year in visitor arrivals, we still have much to do in grow and diversify our visitor mix.”

“We are proud of how Guam’s tourism industry endures, despite the challenges in this past year,” said Gov. Eddie Calvo. “As we start off 2018, we renew our commitment to growing our economy and our number one industry.”

Some of the smaller markets also had increased arrivals:

Hong Kong, up 4.2 percent;

U.S. mainland up 23.7 percent;

Palau, up 25.4 percent;

CNMI, up 26.5 percent;l

Australia, up 48.8 percent; and

Europe, up 38.9 percent.

The agency noted the November arrivals report was delayed because of a transition to a new, visitor-friendly Guam Customs declaration form and updated analytics software to scan and process data.